Insurance renewal - power to Privilege!

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I had my renewal through from Churchill yesterday at £830 which is pretty much what I paid last year, so I did some shopping around and got a smashing quote from Privilege for £540. I called Churchill, deciding to go ahead and "Challenge Churchill" only to find their claim about beating quotes is a load of rubbish.

Apparently because RBS own Churchill, Privilege and Direct Line they're not allowed to compete with each other. The chap on the phone admitted that it's a load of crock and his advice was to "go with Privilege because it doesn't make any difference to us" :huh:

An extra bonus is that Privilege don't charge any interest at all if you pay monthly :thumbsup: unlike other companies that shark you for 20%+ :no: So now I'm Privileged; where do I queue up to get with Joanna Lumley ;)
 
Recently renewed the insurance on my S3 for £500.05p fully comp with Admiral

Hastings direct quoted me £1700 :wtf:
 
Admiral/Elephant/Bell all seem happy to quote against each other even though they are all the same company. I seem to be yo-yoing between Admiral and Elephant each year.

Worth adding a female named driver with a good driving history - I added a friend who cut another £30 or so off.

Tried something new this year with the multi-car policy from Admiral. I paid £399.13 with mods declared. Would have only have been about £330 for a standard car. Interestingly, on multi-car, the Ibiza is about £40 more expensive than insuring it on its own, but this is more than offset by the additional discount I get on the Audi (£70 from memory).
 
JustSports said:
did you try www.insuresupermarket.co.uk ?

it searches all companies for you , 2 years ago i managed to cut my renewal in half through them. you got a good price @ 540
Yep, the best they did was about £700. I also tried confused.com and they were useless; the cheapest quote they came back with was about £800. I've never had any luck with those sort of sites.
 
Just insured mine with Elephant for £188, could have got it for £179 but took the guaranteed no claims option.
I also seem to insure between Admiral and Elephant, when I called Admiral to see if they could match the quote (they quoted me £250 to re-insure) the guy said Elephant were offering "aggresive" pricing this year.

Weird thing is to insure the partner's VW Polo was £119 and it's a group 4.
 
I'm the same ive been jumping between the admiral group every year - elephant and bell were near identical this year but i changed to bell as elephant took away my third party other car cover wtf????

When i asked they said i should never have had it as i was under 25 - so what the hell would have happened if i got stopped or had an accident in another car, hopefully as it was written on my policy nothing, but u cant be too careful with insurance companies, bunch of crooks
 
With a flexi-bell you can add on driving other cars! you just get a basic policy and add on what u want! its not the cheapest but if you do drive other peoples cas and are under 25 its the only option imo
 

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